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I just learned about Hildegard of Bingen, born in 1098, a nun who created her own covenant. She wrote Ordo Virtutum, a "musical morality play – a drama in which the characters are personifications of moral or abstract qualities" (J. Staines). Ordo contains only female parts.

One of my favorite albums is Ayreon's "Human Equation" (2004), with a plot that is similar, and a form that is pretty much the same.

Time to discover the woman who did it first, 1000 years before.

#womeninmusic


#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black soloist to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

In the 1930s, she'd sung at the Lincoln Memorial in DC after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall due to her race.

Listen to her sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68_5ZEtM_fQ

Learn more about her: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/

#WomenInMusic #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Marian Anderson in costume as Ulrika in Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera". She is a black woman, with loose dark hair.